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stevebrooks wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 11:51 am Cancelled it? Just like Ron DeSantis cancelled flood insurance for millions of Florida residents?

Newsweek reached out to DeSantis' spokesperson via email for comment on Wednesday.

"As we here in Florida prepare for Hurricane Idalia, here is your annual reminder that one of Ron DeSantis's first official acts as Congressman was voting against flood insurance aid to Hurricane Sandy victims," lawyer and former candidate for Florida attorney general, Daniel Uhlfelder, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Uhlfelder said in a previous post on X that "DeSantis voted against [a] bill to provide $9.7 billion in flood insurance aid for Hurricane Sandy victims. The bill passed the House on a 354-67 vote. It passed the Senate unanimously by voice vote."

Many insurance companies are just refusing to insure houses in Florida now, there are only a few left and premiums are 4 times higher than for other areas in the US, many residents simply can't afford insurance, but help for people after Hurricane Sandy, amazingly the bill passed 354 to 67 in a Republican dominated house, you would think this would be a message to DeSantis, but no, he voted against it, now as Governor he has the power to block it, the same will happen this time, come on Florida, do the right thing, get rid of the piece of excrement of a human being!

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-uninsu ... in-1823350

Property insurance costs have nearly doubled under DeSantis, a major recipient of industry cash — and a little-noticed change to the state law governing “bad faith” insurance lawsuits pushed through by the governor and the GOP-controlled legislature this spring could make it harder than ever for homeowners now facing record levels of property damage to get a fair shake from their insurers.

Consumer advocates and attorneys say the recent property insurance overhaul, billed by DeSantis as a fix for skyrocketing premiums and unreliable coverage, instead amounted to an industry bailout — and that not only did the legislation fail to help homeowners, it will also effectively hamper their ability to sue insurers that wrongfully deny, delay, or underpay claims.

Last week, I raised an alarming statistic to my TikTok Audience.

In six months’ time, western Sydney will be the hottest place on earth. And no, I was not exaggerating.



The result? Instantly viral.

Thousands of comments and messages asked how we’ve got to this point. And while climate change is playing a factor, you might be surprised to know there’s a much bigger issue ‘boiling’ away in Western Sydney.

Irrev-Black wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:29 am"Urban. Heat. Island".

As temperatures rise, people look for heat relief in various ways. Electric fans, which move air around a person’s body and help evaporation cool their skin, are one of the most affordable cooling methods. However, there are limits to fans’ ability to fight the heat.

According to the World Health Organization, when temperatures rise above 35°C, fans may no longer help prevent heat-related illnesses. And at higher temperatures, they can turn dangerous, moving too much hot air over a person’s skin and potentially fostering adverse health effects.

Heat risks arise from a combination of temperature, people’s health vulnerability and extent of exposure to high heat, and their ability to adapt to the heat (such as by using cooling methods like air-conditioning or fans). To better understand heat hazards and risks in the United States, Parsons et al. used hourly temperature data based on historical weather observations over the continental United States from 1950 to 2021 and compared these data with gridded population data to determine where people face the greatest heat hazards. They focused especially on the hazards when temperatures reached 37°C and 39°C, thresholds recently recommended by heat experts for safe electric fan use by older adults on certain medications and young, healthy adults, respectively.

Irrev-Black wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 5:30 pmWell... there's one extreme-heat coping stratagem for this summer wrecked